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bashing, vbl. n.|ˈbæʃɪŋ|
[f. bash v.2 +-ing1.]
1. The action of striking so as to dint, bruise, or crush; an instance of this.
1733W. Ellis Chiltern & Vale Farm. 45 Its hard and crusty Surface, so made by the Weights and Bashings of the heavy Rains. 1921Public Opinion 21 Jan. 62/2 One would have expected to find a studious cultivation of more scientific methods of bashing. 1956E. Grierson Second Man ix. 201 Street brawling—what the Aussies call ‘Bashing’. 1958J. Cannan And be a Villain iii. 49 The first murder, other than slum-area bashings, that had occurred.
2. a. A flogging (with the cat-o'-nine-tails).
1877W. H. Thomson Five Years' Penal Servitude iii. 157 There were the evidences of former floggings, or ‘bashings’, as the prisoners call them. 1898Daily News 23 Feb. 3/5, I got a bashing as well.—What do you mean by that?—Oh, I had the ‘cat’.
b. transf. and fig.
1948Partridge Dict. Forces' Slang 11 Take, get, a bashing, to suffer heavy losses. 1959Listener 29 Jan. 219/1 In their 1911 bashing of Mr. Lloyd George the profession far excelled their efforts of 1948.
3. Used in Services' slang to denote any arduous task.
1940Daily Mail 7 Sept. 3/8 Here are some current military phrases, interpreted:..‘Spud-bashing’—Potato peeling. 1942Horizon VI. 114 C.B. for a cert. Scrubbing, or mebbe a spot of spud bashing. 1943Ward-Jackson Piece of Cake 56 Square bashing, marching, drilling or walking. 1946G. Kersh Clean, Bright & Slightly Oiled i. 3 Poor old Gerald done fourteen drills that week, plus a nice basinful of spud-bashing. |